Sketch Music: Draw & Play

Draw a picture, press play, and hear your ideas come to life. Explore 13 instruments, playful templates, backing beats, and video, audio, or MIDI export.

Make music with a drawing.

Sketch Music turns your strokes into melodies. Start with a blank canvas or pick a playful template, choose an instrument, and press Play to hear your artwork.

DRAW YOUR SOUND Paint freehand lines or fill the grid with colorful notes. Use the brush, eraser, undo, and redo to shape your creation.

EXPLORE 13 INSTRUMENTS Try soft keys, marimba, synth, bells, flute, strings, guitar, saxophone, bass, and more. Mix different instrument colors in one drawing.

FIND YOUR MELODY Choose a key and one of 11 scales, including major, minor, pentatonic, and blues. Adjust the tempo from 60 to 200 BPM.

ADD A BACKING BEAT Build a groove with bass, arpeggio, kick, snare, clap, hi-hat, and tom. Switch each part on or off as you experiment.

MAKE IT YOURS Draw over a solid color, gradient, or a photo you choose. Crop, rotate, or flip your photo and adjust the background opacity.

SAVE AND SHARE Keep drafts on your device. Export a video with sound (MP4), an audio file (WAV), or music notes (MIDI) to use in other music apps. Save exported files or share them using the iOS share sheet.

CREATE IN YOUR LANGUAGE Choose from 15 app languages, with light and dark appearances to suit your style.

No account is required. Drawings, music generation, and exports are handled on your device.

Start with a line. See what it sounds like.